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The Guyana gov­ern­ment says the im­ple­men­ta­tion of the Sin­gle Elec­tron­ic Iden­ti­fi­ca­tion Sys­tem (SEIS) will en­hance bor­der con­trol and aid in ad­dress­ing the mi­grant is­sue in the coun­try.

Guyana’s Vice Pres­i­dent, Bhar­rat Jagdeo, said the SEIS will re­sult in every Guyanese na­tion­al re­ceiv­ing an elec­tron­ic iden­ti­fi­ca­tion card (E-ID).

In March 2023, the gov­ern­ment signed a US$35 mil­lion agree­ment with the Ger­man-based com­pa­ny Veri­dos Iden­ti­ty So­lu­tions to de­vel­op the E-ID sys­tem. How­ev­er, the project is fac­ing some de­lays, and ac­cord­ing to Jagdeo, this is due to an in­te­gra­tion glitch.